Farming and rural news in brief

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FUW has arranged surgeries for members wanting help with their Single Application Forms.

They are being held in the run-up to the SAF completion deadline on May 15.

Appointments should be made for the surgeries at Llanrwst. Appointments can also be made for the union’s county office, which has moved to 2 Llys Clwyd, Lon Parcwr Business Park, Ruthin. Bring maps and forms.

Robin Parry, chairman of the Seiont, Gwyrfai and Llyfni AA, said: “Although the rivers and lakes of Snowdonia are stunning, this beauty hides a variety of problems.”

Trial farmers

ELDERLY farmers received more than 150 inquries from families and couples wanting to take on their holding.

Keith and Liz Thomasson pledged to give their Mur Coch farm away in Pont-y-Pant, Dolwyddelan, if they could find someone to run it.

They have now selected a couple with two young children who have begun a six-month trial.

Milk meetings

NFU Cymru is organising two milk meetings for its members on Wednesday, April 17.

One is an on-farm event and is being hosted by Clwyd NFU chairman Ivor Beech at Bryn Carrog, Rhuddlan. It starts at 11am followed by hotpot lunch.

The other milk meeting is at Welshpool livestock market from 7.30pm.

Speakers at both events will be Aled Jones, NFU Cymru’s Milk Board chairman, and Stephen James, the union’s deputy president. They will discuss milk contracts and the market situation. All NFU Cymru members welcome.